Kudos for getting the Dragon 32 up and running again cheers.

@RetroKrazy

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Never having owned the Dragon 32, it was interesting seeing how well engineered it was compared to a lot of others of the era :)

That brings back memories.

@RetroKrazy

5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately as I said, I never owned one though a friemd did. I always thought it was better tha it was, but such is the way with memories... Still, the size and the keyboard were amazing compared to ZX Spectrum!

Nice ;) enjoy your Dragon

@RetroKrazy

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Regardless of how bad it was as a 'gaming' machine for the early 80s, it's still an impressive looking machine and great for display. Just don't power it on and let people see the display quality... 😉

🙂🤩🙃😇

@RetroKrazy

5 ай бұрын

Well, finally done and working! What am I thinking of doing next... 🤔

Interesting machine, never had one. That power cable looks worryingly like a 9-pin RS-232 . . . don't het them mixed up!!!

@RetroKrazy

5 ай бұрын

Yes, it does look like a generic off the shelf connector just adapted for the Dragon. Would certainly make a mess if connected to the wrong machine!

Nice work! It's really thoughtful of you to also list the components that you used for the refurb. I'm surprised to learn that the Dragon's graphics capabilities are inferior to that of the Speccy. Can you elaborate on this please?

@RetroKrazy

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I try to list everything in case someone is looking to do their own. Just saves some time and effort is all! The Dragon had limited graphics modes unfortunately. It's default is 'black on green' text and it only supported quarter-tile block graphics. It did have five 'hi-res' modes, but they only alternated between monochrome and four colours is increasing resolutions per mode. The final mode, while supporting 256x192 was black and white only. There is a final mode but that was so impracticle to program in, most ignored it. It explains why Chucky Egg in the video was Yellow/Red and very garish while Jet Set Willy was monochrome. Hope that helps!

@captaincorleone7088

5 ай бұрын

@@RetroKrazy Definitely and thanks! 🙂

I would suggest trying some Dragon/Coco unique games... stuff like Donkey King, Back Track, Beanstalker, Balldozer, Lucifer's Kingdom, Mandragore, etc.

@RetroKrazy

5 ай бұрын

Superb, thanks! I'll give them a check out later :)

Nice video, dragon 32 was my 1st ever computer and the video really is piss poor, thats because the video circuit is a bastardised ntsc signal to *work* on pal tvs

@RetroKrazy

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I'd read it was but still it just wasn't great at all. Might fire it on the RF just to compare as didn't do that at the time!

hello does any 1 know about this ? its High Noon from Dragon User April 1987 ? magazine ? i cant make out what it says in the magazine ? if any1 knows please let me know via youtube messages? thanks.................. its a game listing in basic machine language BUT its not very clear in some lines of the code.......... thanks...........

@RetroKrazy

3 ай бұрын

Nope. Try a Google search and target a more specific user base: facebook.com/groups/dragon32/?locale=en_GB

i typed in a few Dragon 32 programs using notepad and then copy and pasted them into XRoar (the dragon 32 emulator)??!!! and some of them work others dont please help some1 if u can thanks....................

@RetroKrazy

Ай бұрын

Apologies, I only use real hardware and not emulators. I'd probably recommend a good forum for that type of request tbh. I found a few user groups on Google: www.google.com/search?q=dragon+32+user+group and even a direct 'How to' for XRoar: www.myabandonware.com/howto/dragon-32-64

The potential of the Dragon, was beyone all other computers of the time, but the hardware was RUBBISH. The graphics could have done a LOT more if even just 8K had been set aside, and a little more creativity applied to the design.

@RetroKrazy

4 ай бұрын

I have to admit, the effort put into the physical design (shape, keyboard, internal board layout etc) was amazing and well thought out. It did appear that the system itself was an afterthough. It's a shame as I agree, a little more thought into it could've made it so much more!